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Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
